Notes for Elisha Bigelow

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Elisha was made a freeman on 18 September 1753.
He signed the oath of Loyalty 15 September 1777.
He was a suveyor of Highways 1783 and 1785.
On 13 November 1768, Rode, a Nego Slave of Elisha, died at the age of 16 years. He lived in Colchester until 1789; in 1785 he begain advertising for sale a well-watered farm and buildings, 130 acres, producting from the Orchard 100 barrels of cider yearly.

In 1789 he sold the farm and moved to East Haddam, where his last two children were born, but by 1793 moved to Springfield, Otsego Co., NY. Bible inscriptions show he died 1804 Cooperstown, NY Howe's Biggelow genealogy says he served in the Revolutionary War. He was in the militia in Capt Timothy Dutton's company, 25th Conn. militia, but in 1777 paid a 5 pound fine for not entering the army when drafted.
A Connecticut history states in 1775 he was a private in Capt Seth Holmes' Company, Col. Chapman's regt.
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